Question

After heating a 10.00 g sample of potassium chlorate, a student obtains an amount of oxygen calculated to be 3.90 g. Theoretically, there should be 3.92 g of oxygen in this amount of potassium chlorate. What is the percent error in this experiment?

Answer 1

Answer:

0.51 %

Explanation:

Calculated value of the amount of oxygen is 3.9 g

Theoretical value of amount of oxygen is 3.92 g

We need to find the percent error in this experiment. It is given by the difference in theoretical and Calculated value divided by theoretical and multiplying it by 100. So,

$E=\dfrac{3.92-3.9}{3.92}\times 100\\\\E=0.51\%$

So, the percentage error is 0.51 %.